Necktie-attaching clip



March 17, 1931. CLARK. 1,797,074

NECKTIE ATTACHING CLIP Filed Feb. .11, 1929 INVENTOR wmuii lfarryfl.6707'}?! ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 17, 1931 UFQETEQ STATES HARRY A. CLARK,OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN NECKTIE-ATTACHING CLIP Application filed February11, 1929. Serial No. 339,205.

This invention relates to neck wear and more particularly to attachingmeans for connecting a neck tie with a collar.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which provides for a tie being secured to a collar withouttying or untying of the tie or cravat which not only facilitates theapplication of the tie but which greatly increases the life 19 of thetie as well as its appearance to which 7 the tying and untying of theordinary fourin hand or other tie is very detrimental.

Another object is to so construct a device of this character that a tieof much shorter length may be used thereby economizing in the materialand which avoids the necessity of passing the tie around the neck of thewearer thus rendering itmuch cooler in hot weather. Another object is toprovide a device of 579 this character which incorporates the abovepoints without sacrificing appearance or adj ustment and which isreadily applicable to either stiff or soft collars.

In carrying out these objects, the invention is susceptible of a widerange of modification without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the claimed invention; there being shown in thedrawings for illustrative purposes a preferred and prac- 39 tical form,in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a collar and neck tiewith this improved connector shown applied,

Fig. 2 is an end view of the connector shown in conection with a tie, aportion of the latter being broken off; and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the clips constituting apart of the invention.

In the embodiment illustrated a turn over collar 0 is shown with a tie Tof the four-in hand type used in connection therewithit being applied tothe collar by means of the connector or attaching device constitutingthis invention. This attachment comprises two fabric loops 1 and 2 eachformed by folding a strip of material transversely intermediate its endsand fixing said strip to the w collar band on its outer face at pointsspaced inwardly from the ends of the collar as is shown clearly inFig. 1. The loop portions 3 of these strips face each other and arestitched to the collar band adjacent the ends thereof so that the loops3 will be permitted to swing laterally in relation to the collar band.

Detachably mounted in each of the loops 3 is a tie connecting clip 5which is here shown made substantially inverted U-shaped in formationand composed of heavy wire which is preferably nickel plated orotherwise suitably finished. One leg of this clip is longer than theother andhas its terminal curved inwardly at 7, said terminal beingpreferably offset at its junction with the leg so as to form a stop toprevent the loop 4 of the tie from slipping ofi the clip.

It is of course understood that one of the clips 5 is mounted in each ofthe loops 3 as shown inFig. 1, the shorter leg 6a engaging said loop andthe longerleg6 extended toward the front end of the collar and adaptedto engage the loop 4 of the tie. This tie T is shown in the form of afour-in-hand having the narrow portion which usually constitutes theneck encircling portion made much shorter than the ordinary tie so thatwhen looped and tied as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the clips 5 may bereadily inserted in the loop portions 4 and will securely hold the tiein operative position. To remove the tie it is loosened slightly topermit the legs 6 to slip out of loops 4. It is of course understoodthat while the tie may be kept permanently tied and the clips slippedinto the loops 4 it may also be tied every time it is used if the wearerso desires.

It will be seen that this device is extremely simple all there is to itbeing the two strips which form the loops 1 and 2 and the two clips 5made of heavy wire and which when the collar is to be laundered may beremoved.

While the tie connector or attaching device is shown in use with afour-in-hand tie obviously it may be used with a bow tie as wel \Vithoutfurther description it is thought that the features and advantages ofthe invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, andit will, of course, be understood that changes in the form, proportionand minor details of construction may be resorted to, Without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or its scope as claimed.

I claim:

1. In combination with a collar, loops on the band thereof near theends, a tie connector having laterally spaced legs, one for engagementwith the loops of the collar and the other for engagement with the tie,the tie engaging legs being spaced from the loop engaging lees in thedirection of the ends ofthe collar and having an offset therein with afree end for insertion in the tie to operate as a stop to hold the tiefrom slipping over the connector, said offset extending backwardlyrelative to the ends of the said collar.

2. The combination with a collar, loops on the band thereof :near theends, a connector for fastening a neck tie within the collar comprisinginverted U-shaped elements, each of which has a leg for engagement witha lo op ,another' leg of greater extent than said first-named legprovided with an ofl'set portion adjacent the terminal thereof, saidlatter named leg being adapted for engagement with the tie and beingspaced from said first named leg in the direction of the end of thecollar.

3. In combination with a collar, loops on,

the bands thereof near the ends, a tie connector having laterally spacedlegs, one for engagement with a loop of the collar and the other forengagement with a tie, the tie engaging legs being spaced from the loopengaging legs in the direction of the ends of the collar and having anoffset therein Witha free end for insertion through the tie to operateas a stop to hold the tie from slipping ofi the connector- Si 'ned atDetroit, in the county of Wayne and tate of Michigan, this 31st day. ofJ annary, 1929.

HARRY A. CLARK.

